Hey guys, decided that it might be a good time this Fall/Winter to start working on our 63 unibody shortbox. I hear all you need is TTM (Time, Talent & Money). I think I may be a little short on a few of those, but here's what I got...

 

Welcome to FTE and the Uni forum! Nice truck, what are your plans for it?

We'll try and be gentle on ya ................lol

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Once again, welcome!

 

Welcome fellow Washingtonian. That looks like a sweet little short box uni. Looks pretty complete what does it need as far as work?

 

Shoot! That one looks done to me.

 

Thanks guys! I'd been searching a long time and found this rust free original in Southern California(Escondido) about 5 years ago. Had it trucked up to Washington and it's been in our garage and driven about once a month to keep the bias plys round lol. It's got 126k mi., the 292 Y block with 3 on tree, oil bath air cleaner and love the cross over pipe that connects the exhaust manifolds. My problem is that I want to put on bigger custom wheels/tires and lower it while keeping the original front suspension. Any good solutions?

 

You can have the axle dropped to attain about four inches maximum drop. Mono leafs will add another two.

That is about it.

Garbz

 

Thanks Garbz. Are there any drawbacks to doing both of these? Would there be needed mods to the steering?

 

nice ride!
What you do is up to you. Very nice as stock - not too many of those around

 

Thanks! Yeah I want to keep it as stock as possible.
Short List:
-Lower it
-Paint it flat black / red paint is really faded
-Wheels/Tires
-New motor mounts
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